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Rector: Revd Claire Kiddy
revclairekiddy@gmail.com
07469 718695
Church building- Ann Foster 01728 628288
St John the Baptist is part of the Upper Alde Benefice which covers the villages of Badingham, Bruisyard, Cransford, Dennington, Rendham and Sweffling.
Church Bookshop
In the porch of the church, raising funds for the church roof. Look out for special book sale dates where refreshments are available. All donations of books are always welcome, just leave them in the bookshop.
Roof Restoration Appeal
Hammerbeams, Heritage and Health – Restoration at St John the Baptist, Badingham
St John the Baptist Church in Badingham is Suffolk’s most at-risk church. Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the rare hammerbeam roof will be restored alongside the development of a community activities plan that will shape the future of the role of the church for the community of Badingham and for the people of Suffolk and beyond.
You are invited to have your say about how you’d like the church to be used for activities in the future and share your views on local history and heritage. We would like as many people as possible to fill in this SURVEY. For more details about the survey, contact miri.birch@flyinggeese.co.uk
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Currently the church roof is being held up by scaffolding. Without repair, the hammerbeam roof will fall down and our church will be lost forever. Our church roof is considered to be of international importance. Let's 'raise the roof' and preserve our historic church for us and future generations.
We need to raise £22,000 by March 2026 as our contribution to receive lottery funding. Without raising this sum, we won't get funding for the next phase.
Please give generously! Contactless Giving in the church, or make a donation via bank trasfer:
Badingham Parochial Church Council: Sort Code: 20-98-07, Account no: 90135593
Update August 2025
We are continuing to work through the development Phase of our National Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
The open afternoon held in the village hall in conjunction with our Activity Consultant and Evaluation Consultant was very well supported and very valuable to help inform our consultants about Badingham and people's views on what they would like to see happening in the village and church. The Activity Consultant has since interviewed people in Halesworth, Southwold and Framlingham seeking their views on Badingham.
David Carrington from Skillingtons has begun his survey of the Cotton tomb in the church chancel. We have an important meeting with the Lottery Fund in October when they look at all our draft repair specifications, our permissions from the Diocese for the repair, our activity plans for the future and our readiness to submit an application for a grant. We are hoping to submit our application for the grant for the repairs in February.
History of St John the Baptist, Badingham
Guide to St John the Baptist, Badingham (pdf)
An earlier and fuller guide written by Roy Tricker published 2002
Simon Knott's guide from suffolkchurches.co.uk